Skinner Steps Out is a 1929 American comedy film directed by William James Craft and written by Albert DeMond and Matt Taylor. It stars Glenn Tryon, Merna Kennedy, E. J. Ratcliffe, Burr McIntosh, Lloyd Whitlock and William Welsh. The film is based on Skinner's Dress Suit by Henry Irving Dodge which originally featured in serialised form in the Saturday Evening Post before it was subsequently published as a novel in 1916.
It was released on November 24, 1929, by Universal Pictures.
This film was the third filmed adaption of Dodge's novel, earlier versions included a 1917 short starring Harry Beaumont by Essanay Studios; and Skinner's Dress Suit (1926), which starred Reginald Denny and Laura La Plante.
Cast
Glenn Tryon as William Henry Skinner
Merna Kennedy as 'Honey' Skinner
E. J. Ratcliffe as Jackson
Burr McIntosh as J.B. McLaughlin
Lloyd Whitlock as Parking
William Welsh as Crosby
Kathleen Kerrigan as Mrs. Crosby
Frederick Lee as Gates
Jack Lipson as Neighbor
Edna Marion as Neighbor's Wife